Random Thought Thread

[Nathan the Machinist]

I have a well. And generators. A small amount of gasoline, propane or diesel = clean water.

 

[beeinak]

Good stuff. Water is critical. You can buy used > 50 gallon plastic barrels from restaurants (Craigslist), clean them out with water and bleach or chlorine and fill up with water. At least 1 gallon drinking water per person per day. And water to cook, etc.

Keep the trailer fresh water tank and gas bottles full.

Pasta holds forever, too.

When the SHTF, the biggest threat might be your neighbor. Just saying.

.22

 

[Lorien]

At this point, it would likely be easier to list the people that haven’t already seen my ass…

Right now there's over a million people in North Carolina without power

Lol

sounds like the good people of NC could use a full moon right about now.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

A cheap thermal scope makes poaching easy because it works day or night and defeats camouflage easily. Squirrels and rabbits don't stand a chance etc

 

[ferider]

Did you know: Every person in Switzerland has an assigned space in a nuclear bunker, and by regulation has to keep some reserves at home. A new single family home typically includes a bunker, which is used to store wine and potatoes.

 

[Standard78]

I have a well. And generators. A small amount of gasoline, propane or diesel = clean water.

And neighboring cows.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Tasty cows

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

 

[Mendoman]

And another update from the mountains ….

You guys in the East stay safe ….

Awesome. Moving along nicely.

 

[Standard78]

Good Lord man. Seriously

 

[clinton1]

And another update from the mountains ….

You guys in the East stay safe ….

Looks great, Man! I think I can see my room!

 

[Murphjd25]

 

[Murphjd25]

My Class 4 Chyna Laser showed up today. About to see if it lives up to its 15 mile range.

 

[XtianAus]

Nathan the Machinist any chance we could get a spine shot on the new edc?

 

[Burke]

It still amazes me that us humans choose to live in locations that are susceptible to major natural disasters.
You East Coasters get some of the nastiest storms on this continent, the Midwest gets flooding and tornadoes, the West get flooding, snowstorms and infested by yuppies, and us idiots on the West Coast build our homes on fault lines that are surrounded by tinderboxes and feces. I know that no plot of land is truly safe, but damn, we make some goofy decisions.
I guess our own perception of paradise is worth the risk.

LOL...add in the fact that the southwest is uninhabitable (two bourbons in and you don't want to know how long it took me to spell that) without AC and irrigation and that's pretty much the whole country. Northeast isn't bad by comparison.

 

[Burke]

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Do you know why? Because 50 years ago someone drank the contents of the battery.

And now we know how to make cars that don't need continual tinkering to stay running (well, except Fords obviously).

 

[Murphjd25]

This hill is about 10-12 miles away if I had to guess.

 

[jlauffer]

This hill is about 10-12 miles away if I had to guess.
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Oh no, the Eye of Chyna!

 

[bluemax_1]

This hill is about 10-12 miles away if I had to guess.
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What's even crazier, is on another forum, someone did something similar with an LEP (Laser Excited Phosphor) Flashlight.

They wanted to see if it was visible in the daytime, so they hiked up to the top of a mountain like that, then called their wife to come out into the yard and see if she could see the flashlight he was aiming back in the rough direction of their house, from the mountain top 10-12 miles away, in the daytime. She took a cellphone photo. It's a tiny spot of light in the photo, but you could see it visible, in the daytime.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

And now we know how to make cars that don't need continual tinkering to stay running (well, except Fords obviously).

Have you ever tried tinkering on a Ford?

Good Lord man